The Chesterfield facility has 2,200 employees,
a number that can swell by as much as 1,000
seasonal workers during the peak of the
holiday shopping season.
Amazon opened the center in the Meadowville
Technology Park and another one in Dinwiddie
County in late 2012, investing more than $135
million. Since then, the company has added
other operations in the Richmond region and
around Virginia.
In 2017, Amazon leased a 328,000-square-
foot building on Lakeridge Parkway in the
Enterchange at Northlake business park in
Hanover County to serve as a package sorting
facility employing about 300 people.
The company said it now employs more
than 8,500 people in Virginia, including at its
facilities in the Richmond region and in Virginia
Beach and Springfield.
Last November, Amazon announced plans to
open HQ2, or second headquarters office, in
Northern Virginia, an investment expected to
create about 25,000 jobs over 20 years.
As its presence grows in Virginia and the
Richmond region, the online retail giant is
opening its doors to let more people see
what happens behind the scenes in its order
fulfillment operations.
The company is now offering more public
tours of its massive fulfillment center in
Chesterfield, one of 175 fulfillment centers
the Seattle-based company operates to
store, package and ship the vast quantities
of products that customers order from the
company every day.
Image: Jennifer Cappuccio Maher